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Arturo Morua (born on May 3, 1978) from his hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico, is a professional boxer, whos nickname is "El Silencioso", and fought numerous times on Telefutura and Telemundo.
In October 2001, Morua toke on hard hitting, Cosme Rivera (21-6-2) and defeated him by UD12 to win the WBA Fedecentro Light Welterweight Title.
Titles won:
WBA Fedecentro (Light Welterweight division)
WBO Latino (Light Welterweight division)
WBO Inter-Continental (Light Welterweight division)
"El Silencioso" has been known for fighting good fighters and in 2004 seemed to strike gold with big fights with the following fighters:
| Record since 6/11/04 |
| Won 6 (KOs 0) |
Lost 3 |
Drawn 0 |
Total 9 |
| Date |
Opponent |
W-L-D |
Location |
Result |
| 2007-01-20 |
Junior Witter
| ~ WBC Light Welterweight Title ~ |
|
35-1-2 |
Wood Green, London, UK |
L TKO 9 |
| 2006-06-30 |
Lenin Arroyo
|
15-4-1 |
Tucson, AZ, USA |
W SD 10 |
| 2006-03-10 |
Emanuel Augustus
| ~ WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Title ~ |
|
31-26-6 |
Tucson, AZ, USA |
W UD 12 |
| 2005-09-17 |
Naoufel Ben Rabah
| IBF Light Welterweight Title Eliminator |
|
23-1-0 |
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
L UD 12 |
| 2005-04-21 |
Jung Bum Kim
|
23-2-1 |
Hollywood, California, USA |
W UD 10 |
| 2005-01-14 |
James Crayton
|
33-19-2 |
Chicago, IL, USA |
W MD 10 |
| 2004-12-17 |
Carlos Maussa
| ~ Vacant WBO Latino Light Welterweight Title ~ |
|
18-1-0 |
Miami, FL, USA |
W UD 12 |
| 2004-09-10 |
Omar Gabriel Weis
|
36-4-3 |
Cicero, IL, USA |
W MD 10 |
| 2004-06-11 |
Wilfredo Negron
| ~ WBA Fedecentro Light Welterweight Title ~ |
|
22-8-0 |
Miami, FL, USA |
L SD 12 |
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As of January 2007, his record is 24-8-1 13 ko's in 33 bouts...
